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Elevating Your Merch Game: Strategies for Creating Meaningful Band Merchandise

Selling merchandise can lead to a more engaged audience, turn fans into ambassadors, generate revenue, foster collaborations with others, and attract new followers.

Music Promotion

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Music PR: The Intersection of Technology, Media Dominance, and Fan Engagement

The evolution of music PR has not strayed conceptually from the early days of pop music, per the insights of a figure in the industry. Artists continue to seek exposure for their music, while media outlets persist in their quest for ad revenue. What is your promotion strategy?

News

Announcing our LoopLM Survey Competition Winner

The winner of our competition was Will R. However, kindly, they offered the prize to another musician who would most benefit from the MiniLab. It was super hard to pick who it should go to, but in the end, we chose Andrew C. Congrats!

Recording

Revamp Your Home Studio: DIY Acoustic Treatment Solutions on Any Budget

When setting up a recording studio, each space presents its own set of challenges, whether it's dealing with reverberations from untreated walls, soundproofing for consideration of roommates, or addressing phase issues from standing waves. Find out how to improve your home studio sound on a budget.

Guides

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Musician's Guide to Embracing Authenticity and Success

Feel like a sham at times? It's common to suffer from imposter syndrome, where you downplay your achievements and credit them to chance rather than your abilities. This can harm your self-esteem, performance, and career growth potential. Anyone can be affected, with creatives often bearing the brunt of

LoopLM

LoopLM 1.0 - Revolutionary Sample AI

Generative AI Samples and Loops in high-quality 44.1KHz Stereo, complex prompt support and new styles and genres. LoopLM 1.0 is live, try it now!

News

24 Hours Left to Take the Aux AI Survey and Win an Arturia MiniLab

Last chance to win! All it takes is to listen to a few samples.

News

Win an Arturia MiniLab - Take our AI Survey

Take our AI sample survey for a chance to win an Arturia MiniLab. Only 48 hours to enter!

Guides

Enhance Your DIY Masters: The Art of Compression in Mastering

Understanding compression is pivotal in learning to master your tracks. Learn more about compression in our Aux guide.

News

AI Sample Survey - We Need Your Help

Test our cutting-edge generative AI sample model. sounds-survey.aux.app

Dance Music History

The Unforgettable Legacy of Paradise Garage: Exploring LGBTQ+ History, Dance Music, and the Birth of a Genre

Revisiting the late 70s, an unassuming parking garage stood at 84 King Street. However, behind its doors lay a hidden gem in dance music and LGBTQ+ history - Paradise Garage.

Changelog

BitWig Support + Big Bug Fixes - Changelog 10 April 2024

This month's Aux update brings BitWig Studio support plus a list of bug fixes to make Aux work better for your music-making process.

News

Introducing Aux Sounds w/ LoopLM - Unlimited AI-Powered Samples and Loops for your Music

Today we're launching Aux Sounds: AI-Powered Sample and Loops with our custom AI model LoopLM.

Introducing Aux: Next Generation Music Making

The one app you need as a musician that gives you samples and loops, project storage, mastering and more.

Music Production

Unveiling the Unsung Hero of Sound: Analog-to-Digital Conversion in Music Production

Analog-to-digital conversion is a crucial process that often goes unnoticed, but it plays a significant role in how we work with sound. Whether speaking into a smartphone or recording audio into a laptop, physical sound waves are transformed into binary data for computer comprehension and manipulation. This conversion technique has

Performance

Taking Your Track from Studio to the Stage

Navigating the world of live performance as a producer or solo artist can be daunting with the various roles one has to juggle. From considering options like hiring a backing band to connecting an aux cable, there are many avenues to explore. This article presents feasible suggestions for producers at

Distribution

Changing Your Artist Name: A Comprehensive Guide to Rebranding, Releasing, and Remaining True to Your Artistic Vision

Choosing an artist name is a pivotal decision that is as important as determining your musical style. However, there may come a time when you need to change your artist name for reasons such as rebranding, starting fresh, or dealing with name clashes on platforms like Spotify. Don't

News

Aux Under Maintenance

As we prepare for the launch of the first of our new platform features, the Aux team are updating key infrastructure supporting our app, site and API over the week of 5 February 2024. Throughout this week there may be short intervals of downtime across the service. We will off

Learning

Unraveling the Elusive World of Reverb: Types, Parameters, and Best Practices

Reverb, one of the most popular effects used in music, allows us to create a sense of space. However, there are many elusive aspects to this effect, such as why it occurs in the real world and how various types of digital reverb plugins in the DAW differ from each

podcasts

Aux's Founder on the Music Tectonics Podcast

In December Aux's founder spoke to Music Tectonics about Aux Sounds, LoopLM and the future of Aux on their podcast. Listen now

News

The Future of Aux in 2024

Aux started in 2021 with a 5 year plan to build one single platform for musicians to create, collaborate on, and make money from their music. Today we announce four new AI powered products for 2024.

Music Production

Expanding the Boundaries of MIDI Velocity in Software

In this blog post, we'll explore five advanced techniques that can unleash a world of creativity when using MIDI velocity.

Making Music

13 Must-Have Music-Making Apps for iOS and Android

In this post, we will explore some of the top-notch mobile music making apps divided into three categories: apps that enhance your workflow within your preferred digital audio workstation (DAW), mobile DAWs, and instruments/effects.

Strings

Enhancing Realism in Orchestral Strings: Mastering Writing, Velocity, and Expression

Achieving realism in orchestral string productions can be a challenging endeavor, even with the advancements in modern orchestral samples. In this blog post, we will explore essential techniques for enhancing the authenticity of your strings.

News

Aux Wins Music Tectonics Judges Choice

Aux Wins Music Tectonics Startup Competition - Judges Choice. We got a narwhal to take home!